The cops are learning that they are pretty much immune from prosecution regardless of the circumstances. So why not off the occasional great unwashed? Won’t cost ya nothin’.
And that is the crux of the problem. Rather than being held to a higher standard when they kill or injure some member of the public, they're almost always held to no standard at all
"He made a threatening gesture." OK good enough - free pass.
Anyone know what happened to the cops who shot the 9 bystanders in NYC when they shot the guy who killed a co-worker at the empire state building? I'm guessing nothing.